Hiroshi Maeno

Last Updated :2024/04/03

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor
E-mail
hmaenohiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
My field is history of the ancient Mediterranean world. I read ancient Greek and Roman history and Greek and Latin epigraphy, especially now curse tablets and Greek magical papyri.

Basic Information

Academic Degrees

  • Ph.D., Hiroshima University
  • M.A., Hiroshima University

Educational Activity

  • [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Letters : Humane Studies : History
  • [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Letters : Humane Studies : Humanities in English Program
  • [Master's Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Humanities and Social Sciences : Humanities Program
  • [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Humanities and Social Sciences : Humanities Program

Research Fields

  • Humanities;History;History of Europe and America

Research Keywords

  • Greek Inscriptions
  • Ancient Mediterranean World
  • Curse tablets
  • magic
  • Religions
  • culture
  • Colonization

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, A Study of Social History in the Mediterranean
  2. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, A Study of Cultural Exchange in the Mediterranean
  3. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Analytical Study of Mediterranean Documents /Inscriptions A
  4. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Seminar on European Social History B
  5. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Comprehensive Seminar in European Hisutory A
  6. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Comprehensive Seminar in European History B
  7. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Comprehensive Seminar in European History C
  8. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Comprehensive Seminar in History D
  9. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Guidance on Graduation Thesis A
  10. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Guidance on Graduation Thesis B
  11. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Graduation Thesis
  12. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Special Lecture of Humanities and Social Sciences(English Class) Students enrolled before AY 2023
  13. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Special Lecture of Humanities and Social Sciences(English Class) Students enrolling in AY 2024 or later
  14. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Study of Mediterranean History A
  15. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Analytical Study of Documents on Mediterranean History B
  16. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Special Research
  17. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Special Research
  18. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Special Research
  19. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Special Research

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Citizenship of Athenian Colonists in the Fifth-Century B. C. : its dual aspects, Journal of Classical Studies, 43, 32-41, 19950301
  2. Citizenship of Athenian Colonsits in the Fourth Century B. C. -from "Lemnians" to "Athenians living in Lemnos"-, Review of Historical Studies, [212], 49-66, 19960601
  3. Athenian Imperialism and Apoilia : Athens as the Metropolis for the Ioniqus, The Journal of Military History, 33(1), 7-25, 19970601
  4. Identity of the Athenian Colonists-A Prosopographical Approach-, Review of Historical Studies, [222], 46-69, 19981001
  5. Athenian Colonization and Ethnic Ideology, Bulltin of Faculty of Letters at Hiroshima University, 58, 特輯号2, 19981201
  6. Masons, Techniques, and Hands in Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Review of Historical Studies, [230], 77-91, 20001001
  7. Greek Epigraphy and it’s Media, Review of Western History, [28], 94-101, 20010301
  8. ★, Inscription Link,, KODAI, Journal of Ancient History (published by The Editorial Board of KODAI, Tokyo, in 2007),, Vol.13/14, 73-83, 20070701
  9. Historiography and Inscription in Ancient Greece: How were Inscriptions Narrated?, The Journal of Greco-Roman Studies(The Korean Society of Greco-Roman Studies, Seoul, Korea), vol.44, p.79-109, 20110801
  10. ★, Reading the Greek Magical Papyri, Journal of Western History, 42, 1-29, 2015
  11. ★, Trial of Digital Squeeze, Journal of Western History, 41, 107-111, 2014
  12. ★, A New Curse Tablet from Tyre discovered in 2010, Bulletin d’ Archéologie et d’ Architecture Libanaises, Ministère de la Culture Direction Genérale des Antiquités, 2017, vol.17, 257-272, 201812
  13. Peter Siewert, hrsg., Ostrakismos-Testimonien I : Die Zeugnisse antiker Autoren, der Inschriften und Ostraka uber das athenische Scherbengeri cht aus vorhellenistischer Zeit (487-322 v. Chr.)., Historia Einzelschriften ; H. 155, Ss. 555, Stuttgart, Franz Steiner Verlag, 2002., 〓100., 53, 146-149, 20050308
  14. TAKABATAKE Sumio, Antiphon and his Age: A man, thought and society in the fifth century Athens, Hadano, 2011, Shigaku zasshi, 122(3), 400-407, 20130320
  15. The Athenian Colonies on the Chersonesos, Naxos, and Euboia, 46-65, 19930310

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Historiography and Inscriptions in Ancient Greece, Hiroshi Maeno, The Third International Conference on Ancient History, 2005/08/21, Without Invitation, English

Social Activities

Organizing Academic Conferences, etc.

  1. The Strategy for Archaeological Excavations in Lebanon: Beirut and Tyre, 2016/10, 2016/10